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enUVA Law Alumnus, Former Professor Jim Ryan Elected Ninth President of UVAhttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201709/uva-law-alumnus-former-professor-jim-ryan-elected-ninth-president-uva
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>James E. Ryan, a 1992 graduate and former professor of the University of Virginia School of Law, has been chosen as the next president of the University of Virginia. His term begins Oct. 1, 2018.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:15:23 +0000mmw3v207111 at http://content.law.virginia.eduExpect ‘Thunder and Lightning’ at Supreme Court This Term, Professor Howard Sayshttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201709/expect-%E2%80%98thunder-and-lightning%E2%80%99-supreme-court-term-professor-howard-says
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The next Supreme Court term could see “bolts of thunder and lightning,” compared to “an uncommonly quiet” term last year due to the lack of a ninth justice, said <a href="https://content.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/adh3m/1174363" target="_blank">A. E. Dick Howard</a>, a University of Virginia School of Law professor.</p>
<p>Howard and other UVA Law faculty members will discuss the last term and look ahead to the next at the annual Supreme Court Roundup on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Law School’s Caplin Pavilion.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:51:01 +0000mmw3v204521 at http://content.law.virginia.eduWorking Group Recommends Improvements, Releases Police Timeline on Aug. 11http://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201709/working-group-recommends-improvements-releases-police-timeline-aug-11
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The University of Virginia working group of deans and other community members charged with assessing the events of Aug. 11 has released a new report analyzing the University's response and recommending changes to the school's policies. The group, led by UVA Law School Dean <a href="/faculty/profile/rlg3t/1167304">Risa Goluboff</a>, also posted a University Police Department timeline of what happened that day. Here's the announcement from UVA President Teresa Sullivan and Goluboff:</p>
<p class="rteindent1">Dear Members of the University Community:</p></div></div></div>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:54:34 +0000mmw3v203621 at http://content.law.virginia.eduProfessors: It's Legal To Take Down Confederate Monumentshttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201708/professors-its-legal-take-down-confederate-monuments
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Professors at the University of Virginia School of Law are challenging the legal case for keeping the Robert E. Lee statue and other Confederate monuments that helped spark the protests in Charlottesville on Aug. 11-12.</p>
<p>A judge will hear arguments for and against the removal of the Lee statue from Emancipation Park today in Charlottesville Circuit Court.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:36:14 +0000mmw3v195856 at http://content.law.virginia.eduSeminal Works: Kimberly Kessler Ferzan on the Philosophy of Criminal Intentionhttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201708/seminal-works-kimberly-kessler-ferzan-philosophy-criminal-intention
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>UVA Law professor Kimberly Kessler Ferzan's seminal work explores criminal intent by connecting criminal law theory with the philosophy of the mind. </p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:30:30 +0000mmw3v195276 at http://content.law.virginia.eduStanding Up for Charlottesvillehttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201708/standing-charlottesville
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>When Elizabeth Sines ’19 heard about a brewing march by white supremacists on the Lawn, then saw the men gathering as she drove nearby, she called her roommate, Leanne Chia ’19. Did she want to come? She did. The two University of Virginia School of Law students quickly found and followed the group of mostly white men on Friday as they marched up the Lawn toward the Rotunda, carrying tiki torches and chanting “Jews will not replace us” and “White lives matter.”</p></div></div></div>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:20:42 +0000mmw3v194906 at http://content.law.virginia.eduDean Risa Goluboff Wins Lillian Smith Book Award for "Vagrant Nation"http://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201708/dean-risa-goluboff-wins-lillian-smith-book-award-vagrant-nation
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>University of Virginia School of Law Dean <a href="/faculty/profile/rlg3t/1167304">Risa Goluboff</a> has been named a recipient of the 2017 Lillian Smith Book Award for "<a href="/news/201601/goluboffs-vagrant-nation-uncovers-rapid-revolution-nations-laws-police-power">Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change and the Making of the 1960s</a>." </p>
<p>Goluboff shares the honor with University of Georgia professor emerita Patricia Bell-Scott, who won for "The Firebrand and the First Lady."</p></div></div></div>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:59:47 +0000jad5ry194731 at http://content.law.virginia.eduA Day in Federal Courthttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201605/day-federal-court-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span>Graduating student Dana Wallace '16 wrapped up her career at the University of Virginia School of Law on Thursday by arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The day capped a year in which all 12 students in the </span><a href="/academics/clinic/appellate-litigation-clinic">Appellate Litigation Clinic</a><span> argued before a federal appeals court.</span></p>
<p><span>"It helped put everything we learned in law school together," said Wallace, who hails from Trinidad and Tobago.</span></p></div></div></div>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:33:22 +0000aes5ud183221 at http://content.law.virginia.eduThese Class of 2017 Graduates Met at UVA Law — Now They're Bonded for Lifehttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201705/these-class-2017-graduates-met-uva-law-%E2%80%94-now-theyre-bonded-life
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Several graduates of the Class of 2017 reflected on how they bonded with best friends they met at the University of Virginia School of Law.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 24 May 2017 14:56:05 +0000mmw3v182511 at http://content.law.virginia.eduThe Class of 2017: The Stories Behind the Graduateshttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201705/class-2017-stories-behind-graduates
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>One-stop shopping for the Class of 2017 graduation commencement: ceremony details, graduates' stories, a 360° view of the Lawn and speaker Catherine Keating '87.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 19 May 2017 06:26:04 +0000mmw3v182401 at http://content.law.virginia.eduAlumnus Robert Mueller '73 to Lead Russia Inquiryhttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201705/alumnus-robert-mueller-73-lead-russia-inquiry
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Robert S. Mueller III, a 1973 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and the longest-serving FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover, has been appointed as special counsel to oversee the investigation into Russia's interference in the presidential election and ties to the Donald Trump campaign.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 17 May 2017 23:15:47 +0000mmw3v182346 at http://content.law.virginia.eduLearning To Wield 'a Powerful Instrument'http://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201705/learning-wield-powerful-instrument
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Ajani Brown first became interested in the idea of pursuing law as a career in high school, when he volunteered at the Legal Aid Clinic of Northwest Texas. The would-be clients were grateful to him just for filling out preliminary forms to hand to an attorney.</p>
<p>"At that point I realized that law was a really powerful instrument that affected people's lives, and I really wanted to be a part of it," said Brown, who is from Dallas.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 09 May 2017 13:40:28 +0000kr5fy181886 at http://content.law.virginia.eduProfessor Frederick Schauer to Deliver HLA Hart Memorial Lecture at Oxfordhttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201705/professor-frederick-schauer-deliver-hla-hart-memorial-lecture-oxford
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>University of Virginia School of Law professor Frederick Schauer will deliver the HLA Hart Memorial Lecture at Oxford's University College on May 9 at 5 p.m.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 05 May 2017 14:39:28 +0000mmw3v181711 at http://content.law.virginia.eduThe Professorshttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201705/professors
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>UVA Lawyer profiles five alumni scholars who are at the top of their game in law schools nationwide, plus a list of five key administrators and UVA Law professors who are alumni.</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 02 May 2017 13:27:06 +0000mmw3v181641 at http://content.law.virginia.eduThe Inspirerhttp://content.law.virginia.edu/news/201705/inspirer
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Jim Ryan ’92, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has become famous in recent years for his honest and poignant speeches that speak not only to the heart of the educational mission, but to the heart, period.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 02 May 2017 13:20:22 +0000mmw3v181636 at http://content.law.virginia.edu